Comments on: Breaking Away with Cougar http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/sidetracked/2008/06/27/breaking-away-with-cougar/ Pat Pemberton writes about music, surfing and pop culture Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:16:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: candipoet http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/sidetracked/2008/06/27/breaking-away-with-cougar/comment-page-1/#comment-267 candipoet Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:25:30 +0000 http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/sidetracked/2008/06/27/breaking-away-with-cougar/#comment-267 You know what? The lyrics of that song are total bull. That's from another small town Indiana girl. And Mellencamp's politics are completely at odds with those people who are letting him be what he wants to be. Because he's rich! They don't let you be what you want to be. That's why we ran away to California. (Pat and me) No reason to romanticize a place full of racist, misogynistic, knee-jerk conservatives. I didn't say they were all like that. I said the place is full of them. But I love me some Johnny Cougar. You know what? The lyrics of that song are total bull. That’s from another small town Indiana girl. And Mellencamp’s politics are completely at odds with those people who are letting him be what he wants to be. Because he’s rich! They don’t let you be what you want to be. That’s why we ran away to California. (Pat and me)

No reason to romanticize a place full of racist, misogynistic, knee-jerk conservatives. I didn’t say they were all like that. I said the place is full of them.

But I love me some Johnny Cougar.

]]> By: Sarah http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/sidetracked/2008/06/27/breaking-away-with-cougar/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Sarah Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:54:01 +0000 http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/sidetracked/2008/06/27/breaking-away-with-cougar/#comment-263 Why stay in Indiana? In the words of John Cougar himself, "I was born in a small town/ And I live in a small town/ Probably die in a small town/ Oh, those small communities." "Yeah," he might add, "I can be myself here in this small town/ And people let me be just what I want to be." Why stay in Indiana?

In the words of John Cougar himself, “I was born in a small town/ And I live in a small town/ Probably die in a small town/ Oh, those small communities.”

“Yeah,” he might add, “I can be myself here in this small town/ And people let me be just what I want to be.”

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